During this visit, you should work with one or more groups of students if you haven't already, and observe your teacher doing the same. For this journal entry, describe your teacher's teaching style. What type of relationships with students does he or she nurture in his or her classes? How do students perceive that power is distributed in the classes? Does this vary within or across the different classes the teacher has? Cite examples from your observations to support your inferences. Remember to reflect on what style of teaching you will gravitate toward and the how you want to be perceived by your students.
My middle school CT is very friendly and personable with the students. While working with the group Mrs. Haberlin is very laid back. She can be strict with the class when she needs to be but more often she is joking with them and overall very pleasant. While working on a specific activity the students were to work independently, when the class was getting loud she quickly addressed the class and it went back to quiet. Some classes are more talkative than others. But overall they all know where the authority lies in the class.
Mrs. Haberlin knows all her students very well. She knows what their strengths and weaknesses are individually. When working with the class she can anticipate who will have trouble with certain concepts and activities. She approaches those students in a welcoming manor. She walks around the room helping those who are struggling or who ask questions. She helps students but not giving them direct answers to what they are working on but asking them relating questions to guide them through their work. These guiding questions help the students work critically through lessons.
When lecturing for the most part the class is very attentive to Mrs. Haberlin as she is speaking. Many of them are eager to participate. I wish to have a classroom environment like Mrs. Haberlin. She has a friendly relationship with her students as well as an authoritative one when need be. It is nice to see this relationship between student and teacher. I think that this helps the students enjoy and become more actively engaged in the classroom. I hope that I can have that same balance in the classroom. I don’t want to have to be yelling orders all day or have the students walk all over me either. I hope that with more visits that I can establish this with the students in the class. It
Great observations. You seem to have noticed Ms Haberlin's demeanor ("laid back", aware of students' needs) and her classroom style (moving among students asking leading questions instead of giving answers. I hope you understand that Ms Haberlin makes this look easy but it is not, not even for her. If you want to adopt her style, you need to ask yourself what you can include in your planning process so that you can concentrate on these behaviors while you are teaching. It doesn't just happen.
My middle school CT is very friendly and personable with the students. While working with the group Mrs. Haberlin is very laid back. She can be strict with the class when she needs to be but more often she is joking with them and overall very pleasant. While working on a specific activity the students were to work independently, when the class was getting loud she quickly addressed the class and it went back to quiet. Some classes are more talkative than others. But overall they all know where the authority lies in the class.
Mrs. Haberlin knows all her students very well. She knows what their strengths and weaknesses are individually. When working with the class she can anticipate who will have trouble with certain concepts and activities. She approaches those students in a welcoming manor. She walks around the room helping those who are struggling or who ask questions. She helps students but not giving them direct answers to what they are working on but asking them relating questions to guide them through their work. These guiding questions help the students work critically through lessons.
When lecturing for the most part the class is very attentive to Mrs. Haberlin as she is speaking. Many of them are eager to participate.
I wish to have a classroom environment like Mrs. Haberlin. She has a friendly relationship with her students as well as an authoritative one when need be. It is nice to see this relationship between student and teacher. I think that this helps the students enjoy and become more actively engaged in the classroom. I hope that I can have that same balance in the classroom. I don’t want to have to be yelling orders all day or have the students walk all over me either. I hope that with more visits that I can establish this with the students in the class. It
Great observations. You seem to have noticed Ms Haberlin's demeanor ("laid back", aware of students' needs) and her classroom style (moving among students asking leading questions instead of giving answers. I hope you understand that Ms Haberlin makes this look easy but it is not, not even for her. If you want to adopt her style, you need to ask yourself what you can include in your planning process so that you can concentrate on these behaviors while you are teaching. It doesn't just happen.